Why You Should Build Habits

Even after running for a decade, my 10km morning run today felt just as hard. But then, should habitual actions not become effortless? Why bother building a habit if the task is going to still feel hard? Because even though I find running hard, my desire to run is...

VVIP Visits: Hindering Disaster Relief

Unpopular opinion: VVIPs visiting sites of accidents and natural disasters is counterproductive. It looks good on cameras but it actually hurts relief and rescue. VVIP visits distract officials, who, instead of doing relief and rescue, have to: Take care of VVIP...

Action Converts Potential Into Reality

You have potential. So do I. But even a rock sitting on a hilltop has potential energy. Yet, there is nothing it can do until it starts rolling down the hill. Movement unleashes the rock’s potential energy. Our potential is very much like that. Whether we...

The Truth About Jobs and Entrepreneurship

“9-to-5 jobs are slavery. You work on someone else’s dream — and have no freedom, no flexibility. It is a shitty life. “I was also like that once. But look at me now! I quit my job and work a few hours a day. And I earn a 7-figure income, live...

The Power of Simple Stories

In the summer of 2006, I was doing my summer internship with McKinsey in New York. My manager was an MD from a top medical school. One day, he and I were waiting for a cab to visit our client’s office. Soon, a cab arrived. But before us, a woman standing next to...